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| A 'gray market' gray area in copyright law Los Angeles Times Federal law says that the owner of any "lawfully made" copy of a work may "sell or otherwise dispose" of it without the copyright owner's authorization. But it also says that importing copies made overseas violates the copyright owner's exclusive right ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Texting while driving law rarely enforced Atlanta Journal Constitution In the two years after a ban on texting while driving in Georgia took effect, fewer than 50 people a month in the entire state have been convicted of the offense. Police say the law is hard to enforce. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Brazil laying down the law Christian Science Monitor To date, not a single person has been convicted for the hundreds of cases of forced disappearance, torture, and political murder committed during the military dictatorship in Brazil, largely due to the 1978 Amnesty Law that continues to prevent anyone ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Could Romney Repeal The Health Law? It Wouldn't Be Easy Capital Public Radio News "There are waivers under the law, but not an across-the-board waiver," said Tom Miller, a lawyer with the conservative American Enterprise Institute. For the record, Miller is an avid opponent of the health law. But he's also a veteran of Capitol Hill ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sandy forces New York law firms to work remotely Chicago Tribune (Reuters) - With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on New York, law firms on Monday scrambled to keep operations running normally, with attorneys working remotely via BlackBerry and computer, and skeletal crews manning offices in midtown Manhattan. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Halloween sex offender law provision blocked San Jose Mercury News The Los Angeles judge says Simi Valley cannot require its convicted child sex offenders listed on the Megan's Law website to post front door signs on Halloween reading: "No candy or treats at this residence." But the Ventura County Star ( http://bit.ly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Qatar Should Revise Media Law to Allow Criticism, HRW Says Businessweek A Qatari draft media law enshrines a double standard on free expression and the emirate's ruler shouldn't approve it unless penalties for criticism of Qatar or neighboring states are removed, Human Rights Watch said. The imprisonment of Qatari poet ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| After a filibuster, defenders law again is at issue Southeast European Times Two weeks after a controversial law on the rights of Macedonia's defenders in the 2001 conflict was withdrawn following a rare filibuster in parliament, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Consumer Advocate Cautions That State Rules Will Impact Scope Of Health Law Gant Daily Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – As implementation of the Affordable Care Act moves forward, a group of patient advocates and health policy experts selected by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to represent consumer ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hungarian Parliament Alters Election Law, Stirs Protests Businessweek Hungary's parliament voted to tighten the election law amid opposition protests claiming these changes curtail people's basic right to vote. Lawmakers voted 262-84 late yesterday to amend the constitution to allow citizens to vote in general elections, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Patent Law Reform Will Benefit Both People With Cancer and HIV AllAfrica.com The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) campaign to Fix the Patent Laws has been criticised by cancer groups in South Africa. When TAC and MSF marched to parliament to support India in its legal battle against Novartis ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Union Law Delay Falters ABQ Journal A proposed delay of Santa Fe's community workforce agreement hit the scrap heap on Monday. The Santa Fe Public Works Committee rejected a plan to delay the ordinance until the University of New Mexico's Bureau of Business and Economic Research ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Voter ID law meant to discourage voting Green Bay Press Gazette GREEN BAY — Since the voter ID law was first discussed, then passed, I've been trying to learn what percent of voting is fraudulent. In a Sept. 25 newspaper article, Republicans gave me a pretty good answer. The article said there's little evidence of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| No state law requiring caregivers to report suspected animal abuse The Oshkosh Northwestern Veterinarian Karla Sathre examines Maggie, a Shih-poo, at the Wausau Animal Hospital on Wednesday. Maggie was there for her annual exam and shots. Sathre is assisted by veterinary technician Lona Abel, right. / Gannett Wisconsin Media ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| France considers law forcing Google to pay for linking news Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande told Google's chief executive on Monday that France would legislate to force the web search engine to pay for displaying links to news articles unless it struck a deal with French media outlets. Press ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Truth Needle: Gay-marriage 'harm' about bias, not law itself The Seattle Times The claim: A new television ad by Preserve Marriage Washington, the group seeking to repeal the state's same-sex-marriage law by rejecting Referendum 74, claims that approving gay marriage "can harm" those who oppose such unions. The ad features ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New hunting law draws ire of Rib Mountain hikers Wausau Daily Herald Under the law, hunters will be allowed to use high-power rifles and hunters and trappers will be allowed to approach within 100 yards of what are called "designated use areas," including hiking trails, campgrounds, and picnic areas. More on hunting ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tevlin: Minneapolis is hiding behind disclosure law Minneapolis Star Tribune He thinks the problem is that those writing the legislation didn't or couldn't foresee all the potential organizational charts, and thus the law wasn't broad enough to include the unusual hierarchy of Minneapolis. Also, while there is little punishment ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Puerto Rican Election Law Curbed for Unions Courthouse News Service A federal judge in Puerto Rico initially denied the unions a preliminary injunction, but the federal appeals court found that they would likely prove that the law substantially burdens their First Amendment rights. "Law 222 forbids juridical persons ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Law enforcement offers Halloween safety tips Leavenworth Times Law enforcement offers Halloween safety tips; While they typically don't have too many problems on Halloween, local law enforcement officers still urge people to use caution when they're out Wednesday night. Email; Share; Print. By John Richmeier. Oct ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Challenge to Wiretaps is Heard by Justices New York Times The 2008 law was challenged by Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups and individuals, including journalists and lawyers who represent prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The plaintiffs said the law violated ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wayne Slater: Voter ID law is on hold, but some poll workers might ask for ... Dallas Morning News AUSTIN — Texas voters are not required to show a photo ID to cast their ballot. But that's not stopping some poll workers from asking that they show one anyway — and making it difficult if they don't. Case in point: Williamson County, a Republican ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GOP Senate candidate says he won't touch abortion law The Hill (blog) has said he would not vote to change abortion law should he win. "Social issues and abortion isn't the focus of this campaign," said candidate Michael Baumgartner, according to seattlepi.com. "You wouldn't see me voting to change any abortion laws at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wording of boating tax law on ballots confuses many Kansas City Star Dan Heskett, the boating law administrator for the wildlife department, estimated earlier this month that boat registrations are down about 20,000 boats in Kansas, costing the state as much as $1 million in lost property tax revenue. "That's illegal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New laws take effect Thursday in Oklahoma NewsOK.com ... 2012 Oklahoman Comment on this article Leave a comment. email. Laws intended to reduce crime and control prison growth in Oklahoma and eliminate long lines at driver's license exam stations are among nearly 100 measures set to take effect Thursday. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Law curbing tax pyramiding to cost $145M more than projected Bizjournals.com Estimates of how much a new law curbing tax pyramiding will cost the state have ballooned to $144.8 million more than originally expected. At a Monday meeting of the House Taxation and Revenue Committee, representatives from the Department of Finance ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Egyptian Leader Calls For Sharia Law | RedState By streiff (Diary) The Muslim Brotherhood run government of Egypt has announced its intention to implement Sharia law. The Arab Spring is the gift that just keeps on giving. | ||
| Politically-Driven Law Enforcement Has Consequences | Power Line By John Hinderaker I had a terrible time getting to my office this morning. I heard on the radio that the reason was a fatal accident on Highway 494, one of the Twin Cities' major arteries. It turned out that the accident was caused by an unlicensed motorist who ran ... Power Line | ||
| Mayor, DA want law keeping Sheriff Mirkarimi out of domestic ... By Dan Schreiber A March domestic violence conviction remains a heavy weight on reinstated Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who responded defiantly when District Attorney George Gascón recently called on him to abandon oversight of rehabilitation programs for ... Examiner Local RSS | ||
| DA, Mayor Seek Law To Ensure No SF Sheriff Conflict « CBS San ... By bdisbrow San Francisco's mayor and top prosecutor are seeking legislation that would prohibit reinstated sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from overseeing any domestic violence programs in his department while he is on probation. CBS San Francisco | ||
| Consumer Advocate Cautions That State Rules Will Impact Scope Of ... By Michelle Andrews As implementation of the Affordable Care Act moves forward, a group of patient advocates and health policy experts selected by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to represent consumer interests released a report in August ... All Kaiser Health News | ||
| Sisters In Law: The Legal Aspect Of The Shooting At Creflo Dollar's ... By johnnyd11 On Power Talk with Lorraine Jacques-White we talked about the recent shooting that happened at World Changers International Church, led by Creflo Dollar. It was announced that Creflo Dollar has charged the church with raising $234000 ... CBS Atlanta | ||
| As Hurricane Sandy Sweeps In, Courts and Law Firms Close Down ... Updated: As what is expected to be an epic storm sweeps into the East Coast from Florida to Canada and could hit the Northeast especially hard, courts and law firms both large and small joined numerous other establishments—including the ... ABA Journal Daily News | ||
| State of emergency puts NC price-gouging law in effect - WGHP-TV 8 By Ryan Sullivan RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's price gouging law is currently in effect because of the recent state of emergency declarations due to Hurricane Sandy.Attorney General Roy Cooper has notified businesses and consumers of the ... MyFOX8.com – Greensboro, High-Point... | ||
| Miami-Dade judge rules new Florida law governing death-penalty ... By Patricia Mazzei A Miami-Dade judge says a law tying legal bills for defending death penalty defendants to annual budgets of state judges is unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Victoria Sigler said the law violates Florida's constitution, which guarantees a ... Naked Politics | ||
| Sen. Jeff Merkley and local law enforcement leaders push for early ... By Nicole Dungca, The Oregonian Merkley was joined by Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk, Portland Police Chief Mike Reese and Multnomah County sheriff's Capt. Monte Reiser as he read to a group of about 70 kids at the Albina Head Start ... Portland News | ||
| How a federal civil rights law failed to work « The Progressive Pulse By Sarah Ovaska Not only that, but ProPublica found in "Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law" only two instances in the law's 40-year history where the federal government withheld funds to communities that violated the Fair ... The Progressive Pulse | ||
| Ethiopia charges 29 Muslims under anti-terror law By nazret.com Ethiopia charges 29 Muslims under anti-terror law. AFP ADDIS ABABA — Twenty-nine Ethiopian Muslims were charged Monday with plotting acts of "terrorism", the majority arrested after protests accusing the government of interference in ... nazret.com | ||
| Althouse: "A challenge to a federal law that authorized intercepting ... By noreply@blogger.com (Ann Althouse) The possibility that the courts may never rule on the constitutionality of the law seemed to rankle some of the justices. "Is there anybody who has standing?" Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked.... Justice Antonin Scalia [said] "We've had cases in ... Althouse | ||
| Better Late Than Never: China Adopts Its First Mental Health Law ... By Rhona Finkel This past Friday China passed its very first law designed to protect the rights of the mentally ill. HealthWorks Collective - The... |
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| Marquette University Law School Educates Voters by Live ... MADISON, Wis. — October 30, 2012 — From voter polls to live political debates to conversations with faculty and policy makers, Marquette University Law ... www.sonicfoundry.com/.../marquette-university-law-school-e... |
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